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THE FLORA 



E'rait a pod of 5 etroiii: 

 elastic valves which breaK 

 and coil at the slightest 

 touch when ripe, scatter- 

 ing the seeds. Stem ten- 

 der, thickened at the 

 nodes Leaves alternate. 



1 I.pal'lida. Pale Jtwel- 



Lvs. oblong-ovate. FIs. 

 pale yellow, sparingly 

 lotted, with a very short, 

 recurved spur. 



2 I. fulva. Tawny Jewel-weed. 



Leaves rhombic-ovate. 

 Flowers deep orange, 

 thickly spotted, with ti long eiose-reflexed spur. 



8 I. Balsami'iia. jtalsamine. Leaves lanceolate. Flowers very large aud showy, 

 white, crimson, scarlet, flesh-colored, &c. t 



Fig. 428. Flov.-er of the P.-tlo Jewel-weed. Fig. 420. UK 

 parts displayed : *, x, *. y. the four sepals, the latter spur- 

 red ; p, p, the '2 petals, each double. 



OKDEB XXXVIII. AXACAEDIACE^E. Sumacs. 



Shrubs or trees, with a resinous or milky caustic juice ; 



leavts alternate, without stipules or pellucid 

 dots ; 



flowers small, regular, pcntandrous, com- 

 monly imperfect. 



RHUS. Sumac. Poison Oak. 



Bepals, petals, and stamens each 5. Styles 

 3. Fruit a small 1-sceded. roundish, dry 

 drupe. Flowers greenish. 

 | Leaves simple. Flower? perfect (or all abortive by 



cultivation) NOB. 1.3. 



\ Loaves compound. Flowers polygamous. ... (a) 



a Flowers in clustered spikes preceding the 



3-foliate leaves.... No. 3. 

 a Flowers in axillary panicles with the 3-13-fo- 



liate leaves. Poisonous. ..4-6. 



a Flowers in terminal thyrses with the 9-31-fo- 3 Section of a fertile flower, 

 lia'e leaves.... (b> 



Fig. 429', Rims venenata, leaf 

 and panicle. 2. A stamiuate flower. 



